.TH PCRE2_SET_CHARACTER_TABLES 3 "15 April 2020" "PCRE2 10.45"
.SH NAME
PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B #include <pcre2.h>
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.B int pcre2_set_character_tables(pcre2_compile_context *\fIccontext\fP,
.B "  const uint8_t *\fItables\fP);"
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This function sets a pointer to custom character tables within a compile
context. The second argument must point to a set of PCRE2 character tables or
be NULL to request the default tables. The result is always zero. Character
tables can be created by calling \fBpcre2_maketables()\fP or by running the
\fBpcre2_dftables\fP maintenance command in binary mode (see the
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documentation).
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There is a complete description of the PCRE2 native API in the
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page and a description of the POSIX API in the
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\fBpcre2posix\fP
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page.
